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Subject: ANS TC Magnet for Vocabularies and :
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Date: 5 Nov 90 03:06:44 GMT
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Category 10,  Topic 14
Message 26        Sun Nov 04, 1990
D.RUFFER [Dennis]            at 20:58 EST
 
Re: wmb@MITCH.ENG.SUN.COM (Mitch Bradley)

 > polyFORTH:  I'm not sure of the exact details, but I know it's
 >             different from any of the above.

in polyFORTH, HEX nnnn VOCABULARY name will define a vocabulary whose search
order is based upon the nibbles of the nnnn parameter (least significant
nibble searched first).  Each vocabulary chain is assigned an odd number from
1 to 15.  Thus vocabulary names really only define search orders of 4
vocabularies of the 8 possible.

 > According to ANSI rules, major vendors cannot be so easily
 > dismissed.
 > ...
 > If someone at Forth, Inc. is listening (Dennis?), perhaps they
 > could ask Elizabeth to clarify this point.

You will see her before I do Mitch, at the meeting next week. However, my
understanding is that vendors are not really given any special consideration
among the TC members.  All TC members' opinions must be acknowledged and a nay
vote on the dpANS from any members puts a bad light on the standard.  The only
thing I have heard that specifically relates to vendors is that they don't
have many majors ones who are members anymore.  It is basically down to FORTH,
Inc. and Creative Solutions, Inc.  The comment that I heard from Elizabeth was
that if CSI pulls out, FORTH, Inc. will also have to leave.  There is no way
that Elizabeth wants FORTH, Inc. to be the only major vendor on the committee.
That only would doom the standard to failure.  However, that discussion was
moot since CSI is still participating.  I just wish we could get LMI and MMS
to join in also.

That's all I know.   DaR
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